The Infinitive and the Gerund

Verb+ing Stop enjoy fancy admit consider miss finish mind imagine deny involve postpone delay give up suggest go on regret put off avoid carry on practise Keep on risk

In this exercise you have to complete the sentences with these verbs: try, meet, write, wash ,splash ,take, make Could you please stop… ….. so much noise? I don’ enjoy …………………..letters. Does your job involve…………. a lot of people? I considered …………. The job but in the end I decided against it. If you use the shower try and avoid…… water on the floor. Jack gave up …………. to find a job in Britain and decided to imigrate. Have you finished …….. your hair yet ? trying making splashing meeting taking writing washing

Now make your own sentences. Complete each sentence using -ing At weekends I enjoy……………. This evening I fancy……………. I often regret………. Learning English involves……… I think people should stop…………..

Verb+ infinitive agree offer decide appear forget refuse attempt plan seem learn promise manage arrange pretend dare threaten fail hope afford tend

Complete each sentence with a suitable verb. Tom refused ……………me any money. Jill has decided not …………………….. a car. The thief got into the house because I forgot ……. the window. I’ve arranged ……. tennis tomorrow afternoon. One day I’d like to learn …….. an aeroplane. Ann offered ……… after our children while we were out. The teacher was very strict. Nobody dared….. during his lesson.

Key to lend/to give to buy/ to hire to shut/to close/ to lock to play to fly to look to talk/to speak/laugh

I asked to see the manager. Verb+object+to+infinitive Verb+ Object+ Infinitive want ask expect help would like would prefer mean verb+ to+ infinitive I asked to see the manager. Verb+object+to+infinitive I asked Tom to help me.

Verb+ object+ to+ infinitive I got Jack to repair my car tell remind force enable persuade order warn invite teach get (persuade)

advise recommend encourage allow permit Verb+ ing He wouldn’t recommend staying at the hotel Verb+ object+to+infinitive He wouldn’t recommend you to stay at the hotel.

Make and let Verb + infinitive (without to) Tom let me drive his car yesterday. In the passive make +the infinitive with to I was made to do it.

Put the verb in the right form: -ing, to +infinitive, infinitive without to Mr Thomas doesn’t let anyone ……. ( smoke) in his office. I don’t know Jack but I’d like……………….. ( meet) him. Where would you recommend me ……(go) for my holidays? I don’t recommend ………(eat) in that restaurant. The film was very sad. It made me…..(cry) Jack’s parents have always encouraged him …… (study) hard. We were kept at the police station for an hour and then allowed …….(go).

Key Smoke to meet to go eating cry to study